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Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. is an important medicinal plant (Family: Asclepiadaceae). It has been used as an antidiabetic agent in...

Credit: © AG Schiemann/Uni Bonn Scientists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in observing an important cell protein at...

A series of Schiff bases of benzothiazol-2-ylamine/thiazolo pyridin-2-ylamine was synthesized. Aniline/4-aminopyridine was converted to the corresponding thiourea derivative, which was...

Credit: Zentner et al In a paper published in Acta Cryst. B, (2016), doi: 10.1107/S2052520616017297 Carol Brock of the University...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...

(MIT Portugal Program) Francisco Duarte, a Ph.D. Student in Transportation Systems of the MIT Portugal Program at University of Coimbra,...

Credit: Professor Hideo Baba A type of bacterium usually found in the human mouth, Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum), has been...

Women taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer were less likely to continue taking the drug if they suffered nausea and...

Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) today launched a new marine research laboratory to develop innovative eco-friendly...

Credit: Dr. Masashi Kisaki Background to the Research The Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) is a method for increasing the plasma...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 9, 2016 - Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in molecular diagnostics and personalized...

Credit: KU Leuven - Rob Stevens 20 to 40 percent of the patients with multiple myeloma - a type of...

Credit: UNIST A research team, led by Professor Joonbum Bae of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering has recently been honored with...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2016 -- Did you know you can "taste" garlic with your feet?...

Breast cancer cells break away and spread to other parts of the body relatively late on in breast tumour development,...

CLEVELAND: A researcher from University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center will discuss his upcoming immunotherapy clinical trial for triple-negative breast cancer...

Credit: CREDIT: Michael Goulding/WCS. Scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), The Nature Conservancy, and several partners in Brazil and Peru...

The vertebrate eye is a remarkable evolutionary invention, displaying an incredible repertoire, from a soaring falcon's keen distance vision to...

Since 2008, MIT economist Tavneet Suri has studied the financial and social impacts of Kenyan mobile-money services, which allow users...